Fantasies

28.07 - 09.08.2011
An exhibition by Nacho Kamenov
Opening: 28.07.2011 at 19:00
Art Center Photosynthesis

Nacho Kamenov is a prominent figure in the area of Advertising Photography. Although someone could feature him as belonging to the "old school" professional photographers raised with the "film roll", today he is even more topical and intriguing, inspiring and provoking.
Nude Photography is my hobby. Through it I bring life to my fantasies.
His first encounter with photography was at the innocent age of 3 which proved fatal for his father's camera. The true interest to photography awaked in the summer of 1972 when he received his first own camera as a gift from his father. He still keeps it because it inspired him to take up photography.
As usual, he also started shooting flowers and midgets, in general – everything that intrigued him in the surrounding world. "That very summer of the famous 1972 I was with my girlfriend of many years and as a sworn nudist I brought my camera with me and took nude images of her on rocks and in dunes. And so it started!"

Says writer Tsveta Stoeva: "He often used to enter in disputes with himself. He was aware, though, that the true passion of his life was women. Long blond hair, short black fringes, slim ankles, rounded breasts, warm looks, soft skin… he loved them… All… Photography certainly had to be satisfied with the second place."

The Exhibition:
To me Woman is an exquisite creation of God. Deep inside, each woman bears what is naturally beautiful. The photographer's mission is to find the key to this nature. And to achieve it, one has to take the right approach to the model.
One of the most important things in nude photography is the unconditional trust between the model and the photographer. A kind of giving herself which is a must for the good image. Good energies, orbiting round each other.

"What is important to me: the detail and the form, the light and body language. Color is out of place here. I can afford it only when I perceive the photo as a painting.